xwiki/xwiki-platform · Security

XWiki Platform Web Parent POM vulnerable to XSS in the attachment history

GHSA ID
GHSA-mxf2-4r22-5hq9
CVE ID
CVE-2022-36094
Severity
high
Published
Updated
CVSS
8.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v3
8.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Description

Impact

It's possible to store a JavaScript which will be executed by anyone viewing the history of an attachment containing javascript in its name.

For example, attachment a file with name ><img src=1 onerror=alert(1)>.jpg will execute the alert.

Patches

This issue has been patched in XWiki 13.10.6 and 14.3RC1.

Workarounds

It is possible to replace viewattachrev.vm, the entry point for this attack, by a patched version from the patch without updating XWiki.

References

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